The home health nurse visits a diabetic patient who has an infected heel wound to perform daily dressing changes and wound assessment. The nursing diagnosis of impaired tissue integrity is developed for the patient. To evaluate the patient outcome, the nurse will collect data about

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Because the patient's nursing diagnosis is impaired tissue integrity, the evaluation of outcomes is based on wound appearance and patient temperature. The blood glucose, the presence of complications of diabetes, and the patient's evaluation of nursing services are important data to collect, but they are not helpful in evaluating outcomes for this nursing diagnosis.

The Home Health Nurse Visits a Diabetic Patient Who Has